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Proverbs 22:17

הַט אָזְנְךָ וּשְׁמַע דִּבְרֵי חֲכָמִים וְלִבְּךָ תָּשִׁית לְדַעְתִּֽי ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.

In Context

16עֹשֵֽׁק דָּל לְהַרְבּוֹת לוֹ נֹתֵן לְעָשִׁיר אַךְ ־ לְמַחְסֽוֹר ׃

18כִּֽי ־ נָעִים כִּֽי ־ תִשְׁמְרֵם בְּבִטְנֶךָ יִכֹּנוּ יַחְדָּו עַל ־ שְׂפָתֶֽיךָ ׃

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Cross References

Psalms 90:12לִמְנוֹת יָמֵינוּ כֵּן הוֹדַע וְנָבִא לְבַב חָכְמָֽה ׃

Proverbs 2:2לְהַקְשִׁיב לַֽחָכְמָה אָזְנֶךָ תַּטֶּה לִבְּךָ לַתְּבוּנָֽה ׃

Proverbs 4:4וַיֹּרֵנִי וַיֹּאמֶר לִי יִֽתְמָךְ ־ דְּבָרַי לִבֶּךָ שְׁמֹר מִצְוֺתַי וֶֽחְיֵֽה ׃

Proverbs 8:33שִׁמְעוּ מוּסָר וַחֲכָמוּ וְאַל ־ תִּפְרָֽעוּ ׃

Ecclesiastes 7:25סַבּוֹתִֽי אֲנִי וְלִבִּי לָדַעַת וְלָתוּר וּבַקֵּשׁ חָכְמָה וְחֶשְׁבּוֹן וְלָדַעַת רֶשַׁע כֶּסֶל וְהַסִּכְלוּת הוֹלֵלֽוֹת ׃

Ecclesiastes 8:16כַּאֲשֶׁר נָתַתִּי אֶת ־ לִבִּי לָדַעַת חָכְמָה וְלִרְאוֹת אֶת ־ הָעִנְיָן אֲשֶׁר נַעֲשָׂה עַל ־ הָאָרֶץ כִּי גַם בַּיּוֹם וּבַלַּיְלָה שֵׁנָה בְּעֵינָיו אֵינֶנּוּ רֹאֶֽה ׃

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:17

16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want. This shows what evil courses rich men sometimes take, by which, in the end, they will impoverish themselves and provoke God, notwithstanding their abundance, to bring them to want; they oppress the poor and give to the rich. 1. They will not in charity relieve the poor, but withhold from them, that by saving that which is really the best, but which they think the most needless part of their expenses,… Read the whole commentary →

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